Inside South Korea’s creepy ‘spy hole’ craze where thousands of pervs drill holes in toilet walls to spy on women with cameras

PERVERTS have placed thousands of spy cameras in toilets and changing rooms across South Korea so they can get sexual kicks from watching strangers use the bathroom.

Fear of being watched while attending the call of nature has resulted in thousands of women across the country wearing masks while using public bathrooms.

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A member of Seoul city's 'hidden camera-hunting' squad and a policewoman inspect a women's bathroom stall at a museumCredit: AFP or licensors

The use of spy cams has become the creepiest trend in the country in recent times, with hidden cameras in walls, cubicles, and even shoes and bags.

The creepy porn genre, known as "molka," has grown increasingly popular with the tech-savvy population of South Korea over the past few years.

The miniscule devices are barely visible to the unsuspecting victim, and leave them vulnerable even in the most public of spaces.

Cameras inserted inside shoes are used to look up women’s skirts on the subway and others hidden in door handles mean changing rooms and public swimming pools are no longer safe from prying eyes.

Nowadays, Korean women wear masks to cover their faces and look around for holes even when going public restrooms. #Spycams are hidden in wall, and even INSIDE toilet. These crimes are rampant, also committed at public baths, gyms, swimming pools and lodging facilities. #혜화시위pic.twitter.com/ksShOA6TLw

#Spycams are everywhere in Korea - so easy to install. Here are a few examples. So easy for a guy to look up a girl's skirt in subway as cams can be inserted inside shoes... #혜화시위 FYI men also spy on other MEN, especially at urinals and changing rooms. We live in a sick world pic.twitter.com/DDWLAJ0m8q

Images surfacing online show doors and walls of public restrooms littered with dozens of holes used by peeping Toms.

The rise of spy-cams has led to “hidden camera hunting squads” being formed across the capital in a bid to rid public spaces of the devices.

On Saturday, 30,000 fed up Korean women descended on the streets of the Southern capital Seoul to vent their anger at this growing invasion into their privacy.

Seen as the biggest women’s rights march in the country, thousands of female activists called for an end to the “spy porn” industry which has bizarrely taken the country by storm.

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These tiny devices are being used to spy on women in toilets, public swimming pools and changing roomsCredit: Getty - Contributor

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The member of the squad using a hand-held detector to examine a vent in the museum's toiletsCredit: AFP or licensors

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Light fixtures and ceiling vents are thoroughly examined in the bathrooms at a Seoul museumCredit: AFP or licensors

The women, many of whom wore masks to protect their identities, protested against what they say is lack of law enforcement against men installing these cameras.

Protestors carried signs reading “My life is not your porn” and “Wanna sh*t with my guard down”, as they called for heavy punishments against both the men producing and the ones watching ‘spy porn’.

Saturday’s protest is the second time in two months that women in South Korea have taken to the streets in outrage to protests the apparent bias against perpetrators of the crime – who are predominantly male.

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While the issue of “spy porn” is not new to South Koreans, the current protests were sparked by an incident in May which saw a woman arrested for filming and spreading the image of a nude male model posing at an art class.

In her case, police acted swiftly, not only brining her to justice but also parading her in front of the media.

The case sparked national outrage amongst women in the country who said it was a clear example of gender bias and questioned why men engaging in the same activity are not being punished in the same manner.

According to police statistics, almost 96 per cent of the 5,437 “spy porn” suspects caught by police in 2017 were male – only 119 of these men were charged and punished.

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